1234 TOM HENNIGAN, In Castanheira Brazil has reversed its decades- long destruction of the Amazon jungle, and raised the hope that the rainforest could be saved. But it has been a messy fight, ruining the lives of local farmers and ranchers, who claim the changed policy has turned them from 'patriots into criminals'. And it's not over yet FROM THE ROAD they look like ruined giant tombstones, the last remains of some ancient graveyard. As you approach the Brazilian town of Castanheira many of the...
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